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Survey finds 37% of commuters in London have already changed usual mode of transport due to ULEZ; 141% increase in use of motorcycles

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Most vehicles, including cars, vans, motorcycles and scooters, will need to meet new, tighter exhaust emission standards or pay a daily charge to travel within the area of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), which comes into effect today. 45% of Londoners can understand the reasons, but feel frustrated by it.

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London To Levy Additional Charge On Older, Higher-Emitting Cars By 2020

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Plans are afoot to hit diesel drivers in London with an extra fee to drive on the city''s streets. The diesel surcharge is the idea of London mayor Boris Johnson, in his.'

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Mayors of 12 major cities pledge to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025; major areas to be zero-emission by 2030

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The mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland and Cape Town have pledged to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 and ensure that a major area of their city is zero emission by 2030. Lead by example by procuring zero emission vehicles for city fleets.

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Nissan UK survey finds only 1 in 3 aware of the ULEZ going live; confusion over payment of charge

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The ULEZ now operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year within the same area of central London as the Congestion Charge. Non-Londoners were in favor of ULEZ, with 35% saying they thought their nearest city would benefit from the introduction of a ULEZ charge. tonnes) and buses/coaches (over 5 tonnes). .

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OpenLV project proposes opening up local electricity usage data to improve EV charging

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The OpenLV project, led by project partners Western Power Distribution and EA Technology, is inviting the submission of ideas for how data from local electricity networks could be used to develop new apps to help manage the charging of increasing numbers of EVs, as well as for other uses.

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Altalto waste-to-jet fuel plant advances in UK; BA, Shell, Velocys

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University College of London students were crowned as the winners of its BA 2119: Future of Fuels challenge. The team received £25,000 to develop their idea further and will present at the IATA Alternative Fuels Symposium in New Orleans in November.

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Driving Dystopia: New York City Pushes Through Congestion Pricing Scheme

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The idea has been revisited every few years, with 2019 delivering the model that only needed to be approved by local transit authorities that have the most to gain. Citing London as its blueprint, the scheme was limited to traffic making its way downtown below 60th Street. However, there is sizable opposition confronting their plans.